[FX.php List] "site down for maintenance" include?

[Joel Shapiro]

Thanks Dale

I've only used FMView for value lists, but I do now remember that  
what it returns is pretty minimal.

On this particular site, I've got a number of FX pages that don't  
require login, but since the FMView is pretty negligible in overhead,  
I could probably use it on all pages.

Thanks for your help.

-Joel


On Mar 7, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:

> I don't know how you're doing your page organization, but you could  
> only do the view on the login page, and shut the door accordingly.  
> If you used a completely stripped layout, your overhead would be  
> pretty minimal. Performing a view doesn't return field data, just  
> info about the layout.
>
> Dale
>
> On Mar 7, 2007, at 1:53 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>
>> Thanks Dale
>>
>> An FMView would add overhead to the page load, though, wouldn't  
>> it?  (An additional hit to the DB on every page, including on non- 
>> login pages that do return FM data)
>>
>> Seems like a choice between the extra step of changing the php  
>> include whenever I bring the DBs down -- as per Andy's suggestion  
>> -- or having the site automatically know when the DBs are down but  
>> having an extra hit to the DB on every page (though this would be  
>> a more elegant solution in situations where the DBs are down  
>> unintentionally.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Joel
>>
>>
>> On Mar 7, 2007, at 1:28 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:
>>
>>> Joel,
>>>
>>> You could perform a simple FMView from your login page and trap  
>>> for any errors. Errors result in the "Site Closed" notice. No  
>>> errors gets the more typical user experience.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>>> On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> Has anybody implemented a procedure to automatically alert users  
>>>> when a site is down due to the FM files being closed on FMSA?
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking an include on every page that could check if the DB  
>>>> is available, and if not, present a friendly message to site- 
>>>> visitors and then a php exit;
>>>>
>>>> Would this work?  Is there a specific FX error to easily check for?
>>>>
>>>> This would be for when the DB needs to be closed for updating, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> -Joel
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